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CP leaders have gone to such lengths to make it clear that, although they may be "revolutionary" they can be counted on to stand firmly in the path of any moye towards The Spanish CP still claims to be "Marxist" and "revolutionary". It is both these things to exactly the same degree as in the last forty-five years it has been Leninist -that is, in no way at all.

One of the main objectives of the Congress was the approval of the Central Committee's report.

Outspoken

Even from the hand picked delegates there was some questioning of the slavishly collaborationist tone and content of this document.

In particular, in some of the closed commissions of the Congress, it is reported that delegates questioned the adulatory tone of remarks about the Francoist Premier, Adolfo Suarez, of whom Carrillo has always been the most outspoken supporter.

The party leaders responof ded to such doubts by aroning that the narty had to I DEMOCRAC abandon the mystique that everything was gained by mobilisations in the street and recognise that the CP owed its legalisation to the fact that the "civilised right" (Suarez) had acted intelligently.

Not Marxist The Stalinist leaders support for Suarez' Moncloa Pact of anti-working class measures remains complete.

In fact the only mild reproach that Suarez has ever received from Carrillo is that he is not carrying out the Moncloa programme.

Forty years ago, Carrillo, then head of the Communist Youth, said:

"We are not Marxist youth; we fight for a democratic, parliamentary republic"

Today it is "Leninism" not "Marxism" which Carrillo feels gives most offence to the bourgeoisie.

And today he fights not for the parliamentary republic for the but monarchy flag flew whose obscenely the CP over Congi

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